"Text meme: ""THE BIBLE IS CLEAR: Moabites are bad. They were not to be allowed to dwell among God's people (Dt. 23). BUT THEN comes the story of ""Ruth the Moabite,"" which challenges the prejudice against Moabites. THE BIBLE IS CLEAR: People from Uz are evil (Jer. 25). BUT THEN comes the story of Job, a man from Uz who was the ""most blameless man on earth."" THE BIBLE IS CLEAR: No foreigners or eunuchs allowed (Dt. 23). BUT THEN comes the story of an African eunuch welcomed into the church (Acts 8). THE BIBLE IS CLEAR: God's people _hated_ Samaritans. BUT THEN Jesus tells a story that shows not all Samaritans were bad. THE STORY MAY BEGIN with prejudice, discrimination, & animosity, but the Spirit moves God's people towards openness, welcome, inclusion, acceptance, & affirmation."" —Bixby Knolls Christian Church"
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